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  • From: Mike Burke <michaelgburk AT yahoo.com>
  • To: "b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] לו luw {loo}
  • Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 18:14:58 -0700 (PDT)


What exactly does ל֥וּ  mean in the following context?

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר  אַבְרָהָ֖ם אֶל־ הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑ים ל֥וּ יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל יִחְיֶ֥ה לְפָנֶֽיךָ׃

Does it just mean "if," or does it mean something more like "would it might be," "if only," or "Oh that"?

And what does it mean in modern Hebrew?
 
Michael Gerard Burke



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